Friday, November 30, 2012

The twin Palestines (West Bank and the Strip) scored a significant coup at the UN, magically xforming into something something Non Member Observer State

A status that falls well short of independence but provides Palestinians
with limited privileges as a state, including the right to join the
International Criminal Court and other international treaty bodies.

“The status of a Permanent Observer is based purely on
practice, and there are no provisions for it in the United Nations
Charter. The practice dates from 1946, when the Secretary-General
accepted the designation of the Swiss Government as a Permanent Observer
to the United Nations.”

Current Non-member observers at U.N. include the Vatican which is labeled by the U.N. as a state and
“Palestine,” as an entity. The Palestine Observer Mission is run by the
Palestinian Liberation Organization. International Governmental Organizations (NGOs) with non-member observer status include the European Union, the Arab League and many many other organizations.

Funnily enough, the entire concept of non-member observers has no bearing on international law.

1 comments:

Israel could not drag Hamas to the ICC. Like America, Israel does not recognize the ICC's jurisdiction.

Aside from a lot of third world sinkholes,the chief countries that recognize the ICC are in Europe.

What we're really talking here is lawfare before a kangaroo court that will put out international arrest warrants on IDF soldiers and Israeli pols, with the idea of demonizing and isolating Israel as a political weapon.

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